overstate

English

WOTD – 24 January 2009

Etymology

over- +‎ state.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊ.vəˈsteɪt/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsteɪt/
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Verb

overstate (third-person singular simple present overstates, present participle overstating, simple past and past participle overstated)

To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.
I think it is overstating matters to say that an hour online is spending all night on the computer.
He was suggested not to overstate at the interview.

Synonyms

exaggerate

Antonyms

understate

Derived terms

overstatement

Translations

to exaggerate; to state or claim too much

Chinese:
Mandarin: 誇張 (zh), 夸张 (zh) (kuāzhāng), 誇大 (zh), 夸大 (zh) (kuādà), 言過其實 (zh), 言过其实 (zh) (yánguò-qíshí)
Czech: přehánět (cs)
Finnish: liioitella (fi)

German: übertreiben (de)
Scottish Gaelic: cuir am meud
Serbo-Croatian: pretjerati (sh), pretjerivati (sh)
Spanish: exagerar (es)